Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Manual (Page 624)

PHOTOSHOP CS3
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Insert a non-recordable menu command
You cannot record the painting and toning tools, tool options, View commands, and Window commands. However,
you can insert many non-recordable commands into an action using the Insert Menu Item command.
You can insert a command when recording an action, or after it has been recorded. An inserted command doesn’t
execute until the action is played, so the file remains unchanged when the command is inserted. No values for the
command are recorded in the action. If the command opens a dialog box, the dialog box appears during playback,
and the action pauses until you click OK or Cancel.
Note: When you use the Insert Menu Item command to insert a command that opens a dialog box, you cannot disable
the modal control in the Actions palette.
1 Choose where to insert the menu item:
• Select an action’s name to insert the item at the end of the action.
• Select a command to insert the item at the end of the command.
2 Choose Insert Menu Item from the Actions palette menu.
3 With the Insert Menu Item dialog box open, choose a command from its menu.
4 Click OK.
Edit and rerecord actions
It is easy to edit and customize actions. You can tweak the settings of any specific command within an action, add
commands to an existing action, or step through an entire action and change any or all settings.
Overwrite a single command
1 In the Actions palette, double-click the command.
2 Enter the new values, and click OK.
Add commands to an action
1 Do one of the following:
• Select the action name to insert a new command at the end of the action.
• Select a command in the action to insert a command after it.
2 Click the Begin Recording button, or choose Start Recording from the Actions palette menu.
3 Record the additional commands.
4 When finished, click the Stop Playing/Recording button in the Actions palette or choose Stop Recording from the
palette menu.
Rearrange commands within an action
❖ In the Actions palette, drag a command to its new location within the same or another action. When the
highlighted line appears in the desired position, release the mouse button.
Record an action again
1 Select an action, and choose Record Again from the Actions palette menu.
2 If a modal tool appears, use the tool to create a different result, and press Enter or Return, or just press Enter or
Return to retain the same settings.